Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, New Living Translation About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married. English Standard Version Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. Berean Standard Bible Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, King James Bible And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. New King James Version And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. New American Standard Bible Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. NASB 1995 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. NASB 1977 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. Legacy Standard Bible And a man from the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as a wife. Amplified Bible Now a man of the house of Levi [the priestly tribe] went and took as his wife a daughter of Levi. Christian Standard Bible Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. American Standard Version And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Contemporary English Version A man from the Levi tribe married a woman from the same tribe, English Revised Version And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. GOD'S WORD® Translation A man from Levi's family married a Levite woman. Good News Translation During this time a man from the tribe of Levi married a woman of his own tribe, International Standard Version A man of the family of Levi married the daughter of a descendant of Levi. Majority Standard Bible Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, NET Bible A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. New Heart English Bible A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. Webster's Bible Translation And there went a man of the house of Levi, and married a daughter of Levi. World English Bible A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd there goes a man of the house of Levi, and he takes the daughter of Levi, Young's Literal Translation And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi, Smith's Literal Translation And a man from the house of Levi will go and take a daughter of Levi. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAfter this there went a man of the house of Levi; and took a wife of his own kindred. Catholic Public Domain Version After these things, a man from the house of Levi went out, and he took a wife from his own stock. New American Bible Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, New Revised Standard Version Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAND there went a man from the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of the house of Levi. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And a man went on who was of the house of Levi, and he took a daughter of Levi. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Brenton Septuagint Translation And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Birth of Moses1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi, 2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.… Cross References Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict. Acts 7:20 At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house. Numbers 26:59 and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. Exodus 6:20 And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years. Matthew 2:13-15 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” / So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, / where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” Acts 7:22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action. Hebrews 11:24-26 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. / He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. / He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward. Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 1 Chronicles 6:1-3 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. / The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. / The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 1 Chronicles 23:12-13 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all. / The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever. Deuteronomy 33:8-11 Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah. / He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant. / He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar. ... Psalm 77:20 You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Psalm 105:26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. Isaiah 63:11-12 Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Treasury of Scripture And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. A. Exodus 6:16-20 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years… Numbers 26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 1 Chronicles 6:1-3 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari… Jump to Previous Daughter House Levi Married WifeJump to Next Daughter House Levi Married WifeExodus 2 1. Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile.5. He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter; 7. who employs his mother to nurse him. 11. He kills an Egyptian. 13. He reproves a Hebrew. 15. He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah. 22. Gershom is born. 23. God respects the Israelites' cry. Now The word "Now" serves as a transitional marker, connecting the narrative of Exodus 2 with the preceding chapter. It indicates a continuation of the account of the Israelites in Egypt, setting the stage for the introduction of Moses. This transition is crucial as it moves from the broader context of Israel's suffering to the specific account of Moses, who will become a central figure in God's plan for deliverance. a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi THE BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES. (1) There went.--Comp. Genesis 35:22; Hosea 1:3. The expression is idiomatic, and has no special force. A man of the house of Levi.--Note the extreme simplicity of this announcement; and compare it with the elaborate legends wherewith Oriental religions commonly surrounded the birth of those who were considered their founders, as Thoth, Zoroaster, Orpheus. Even the name of the man is here omitted as unimportant. It is difficult to conceive any one but Moses making such an omission. A daughter of Levi--i.e., a woman of the same tribe as himself, a descendant of Levi--not a daughter in the literal sense, which the chronology makes impossible. Verses 1-10. - THE BIRTH, ESCAPE, AND EDUCATION OF MOSES. Some years before the Pharaoh issued his edict for the general destruction of the Hebrew male children, Amram of the tribe of Levi, had married Jochebed, his kinswoman (Exodus 6:20). They had already had two children - Miriam, a daughter, born probably soon after the marriage, and Aaron, a son, born some twelve years later. Soon after the issue of the edict, Jochebed gave birth to her third child, a son, who therefore came under its terms. Knowing as she did what fate was in store for him, if his existence became known to the Egyptians, she "hid him three months." Then, despairing of being able to keep him concealed much longer, she devised the plan related in vers. 3-4, which proved successful. Verse 1. - There went a man. The Hebrew language is deficient in tenses, and cannot mark pluperfect time. The meaning is, that "a man of the house of Levi had gone, some time before, and taken to wife a daughter of Levi." Miriam must have been fourteen or fifteen at the time of the exposure of Moses. By a daughter of Levi, we must not understand an actual daughter, which is irreconcilable with the chronology, but one of Levi's descendants - "a wife of the daughters of Levi," as the LXX. translates.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Now a manאִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of the house מִבֵּ֣ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Levi לֵוִ֑י (lê·wî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him married וַיִּקַּ֖ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take a Levite לֵוִֽי׃ (lê·wî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him woman, בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1323: A daughter Links Exodus 2:1 NIVExodus 2:1 NLT Exodus 2:1 ESV Exodus 2:1 NASB Exodus 2:1 KJV Exodus 2:1 BibleApps.com Exodus 2:1 Biblia Paralela Exodus 2:1 Chinese Bible Exodus 2:1 French Bible Exodus 2:1 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 2:1 A man of the house of Levi (Exo. Ex) |